English Language and Literature
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Early Career Income
$63,334
Lifetime Income
$3.24M
Unemployment rate
4.1%
Female share
66.9%
Occupation concentration
41.1%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
28.9%
% who double-major
24.2%
BA Graduates from 2024
29,127
-4.0% vs 2023
How English Language and Literature compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
31st
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 31% of majors
15th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 15% of majors
36th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 36% of majors
Top occupations
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers
- Lawyers, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Secondary School Teachers
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for English Language and Literature.
- English Language and Literature, General
- Writing, General
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other
- General Literature
- American Literature (United States)
- American Literature (Canadian)
- English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
- Children's and Adolescent Literature
- Literature, Other
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology